This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Herinnering aan de herovering van Nederlands onafhankelijkheid. Bijvoegsel tot het algemeen Handelsblad van 1. December 1838
1 December 1838
Rijksmuseum
Gedenkstuk ter ere van het 25-jarig regeringsjubileum van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, 1838
2 December 1838
Rijksmuseum
Gedenkstuk ter ere van het 25-jarig regeringsjubileum van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, 1838
2 December 1838
Rijksmuseum
Edinburgh (1811). Scale 1:24. Plan showing a profile and plan of the shell room as fitted to the Edinburgh (1811), a 74 gun, Third rate, two-decker.
Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835-1844].
6 December 1838
National Maritime Museum
Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan for Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849), all 28-gun Sixth Rate ships. Spartan (1841) was later deleted, once built as
15th Decembere 1838
National Maritime Museum
Observation Cove - St. Paul's docks Lat 0o: 5'5N Lon: 29: 20W Dec: 2nd.1839. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9970, PAE9972-PAE9984.
2 Dec 1839
National Maritime Museum
Appearance of Trinidad at 10 pm 17 Dec: 1839 - South Side. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9971, PAE9973-PAE9984.
17 Dec 1839
National Maritime Museum
80 gun Ships, specifically Colossus (1848), Centurion (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a part body plan and part longitudinal half-breadth with superimposed timbers and cannon, to illustrate a proposed alteration in the form of timbers under the after qu
19 December 1839
National Maritime Museum
L' Aigle hove to & Reefs in. Dec 12th 1841. Medium includes wash and white chalk.
12 Dec 1841
National Maritime Museum
HB Sketches No. 752. Curious Inns and Outs or The Disputed Thunder! (caricature). Print
December 1842
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Queen, 110 guns with Lisbon Bean Cods & other vessels off Cape Raza, River Tagus: Pilot going aboard. Hand-coloured.
10 Dec 1842
National Maritime Museum
Buiten Gewone Nederlandsche Staats-Courant. Vrijdag, 15 December. No. 298*. 1843
15 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
Programma voor de Begravenis van wijlen zijne majesteit Koning Willem Frederik, graaf van Nassau
23 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
Buitengewone Nederlandsche Staats-Courant. Zondag, 24 December. No. 305*. 1843
24 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
Bijvoegsel tot de Nederlandsche Staats-Courant van Donderdag den 28sten December 1843, no. 308
28 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
Buitengewone Nederlandsche Staats-Courant. Zondag, 31 December. No. 310*. 1843
31 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
The 'Great Western' riding a tidal wave, 11 December 1844. A portrait of the wooden paddle steamer ‘The Great Western’. Built by Brunel, she was the first of his three steamships and pioneered the steam deep water passenger trade. Sh
1845
National Maritime Museum
Horatio (1807); Eurotas (1829). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the side elevation of the propeller and frame, and elevation and plan of the propeller for Horatio (1807), a 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigate, converted to a screw Frigate between 1845 and 1850; and Euro
19 December 1845
National Maritime Museum
Old and modified method of fitting tillers to Steamships of 950 tons and upwards (1846). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the new and old method of fitting the tiller to Steamships of 950 tons and upwards.
30 December 1846
National Maritime Museum
Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck proposed (and approved) for Adelaide (1848), a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The identify of the vessel as Adelaide is tentative, as it seems that onl
10 December 1847
National Maritime Museum
Credential of Senator Sam Houston of Texas, 30th Congress, 12/15/1847
Taken 15 Dec 1847
The U.S. National Archives
Unnamed 70ft, 160 ton Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, section, sheerlines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 70ft, 160 ton Cutter.
23 December 1847
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of Roundhouses and colour lockers for Brigs (circa 1848). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a part elevation and modified plan of the quarter roundhouse showing the colour lockers as fitted to Brigs, as suggested by Admiral Parker, late Superintendant.
S
18 December 1848
National Maritime Museum
Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board detail, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The plan includes the dimensions for when she was designed, the 'as built
19 December 1848
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore, middle and after platform decks (orlop) as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan illustrates the various store rooms including the Spirit Room, Boatswain's Store and Carpenter
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile and fittings as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan includes faint pencil annotations relating to her 1860-1 conversion to a screw frigate.
Signed by John Fincham [Mas
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with cabin layout and shor rack detail as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate.
Signed by John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1844-1852]
Signed by D Warders [unknown
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the plan and sections for the hold as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan includes tables of water stowage, ballast stowage, shell stowage, and provisions details.
Signed by John Fincham
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan includes details of the shot racks, heads gratings and hammock stowage.
Signed by John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Po
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1849). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main (upper) deck as fitted for Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan includes some of the fitting details such as Mr J. Brown's cable stopper.
Signed by John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Por
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Monarch' at Sheerness, December 1850; (Verso) studies of the 'Formidable' and 'Apollo' at Sheerness, and a sunset landscape. No. 5 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed top left, 'HMS Monarch / She
December 1850
National Maritime Museum
H.M. 50 gun frigate Phaeton constructed by Mr Joseph White. Hand-coloured.
4 Dec 1850
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Trafalgar' off Sheerness, from the 'Shannon', 28 December 1850; (Verso) studies including Thames barges, a lady and gentleman walking, and trees. No. 6 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). .
(Recto) Inscribed top left: 'H.M.
28 December 1850
National Maritime Museum
Tafelblad (ovaal) van wortelnotenhout met inlegwerk (bloemen) en ebbenhouten rand. N.B. Ook de vierdelige gebogen poot was van ebbehout.
31 December 1850
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen
H.M.S. Maeander 44 Guns, in a Heavy Squall (Pacific July 9th 1850). Hand-coloured. This print depicts the HMS ‘Meander’, a 44-gun 5th rate frigate. She is sailing in a heavy squall or storm in the Pacific, and is depicted listing dangerously t
13 Dec 1851
National Maritime Museum
Arrow (1823). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platforms for Arrow (1823), a 10-gun ketch-rigged Cutter. Plan drawn prior to being taken to pieces in 1852.
Dated: 15 December 1851
National Maritime Museum
Playbill produced on board HMS 'Intrepid' during the Franklin Search Expedition. Playbill produced on board HMS 'Intrepid' during the Franklin Search Expedition led by Sir Edward Belcher. Printed in black and red on cream silk. The te
Dec 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Pearl Commodore The Marquis of Anglesea, K G - Royal Welsh Yacht Club, Carnarvon. Pubd in Hunt's Yachting Magazine Dec 1852. Lithograph. Monochrome print of the Marquis of Anglesey's racing cutter, Pearl (1819). She is shown from her port
Dec 1852
National Maritime Museum
Gondola Cutter (87 tons), W H Woodhouse, Esqr. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine December 1853. Print
Dec 1853
National Maritime Museum
The Clipper Ship James Baines... one of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets belonging to Messrs James Baines & Co, Liverpool. Print
6 Dec 1854
National Maritime Museum
'30 Dec. (12)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 30 December 1853, shows the barren banks of the Nile with three gyassis, two of which are heavily laden with straw. Figures and animals can be seen in the background against the low su
30 December 1853
National Maritime Museum
Fallen time ball in the courtyard of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. This watercolour by Hubert Airy, son of the Astronomer Royal George Airy, shows the Royal Observatory's time ball in the courtyard, having fallen from the roof of Flamsteed House.
Dec 1855
National Maritime Museum
A lateen-rigged Portuguese sailing vessel, Lisbon, 1856 [Portugal]. No. 10 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image 'Lisbon. Decr. 1856'. The drawing depicts a two-masted Por
December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Het ganzenbordachtige bordspel is gedrukt in chromolithografie (kleuren-steendrukprocédeé). In het midden van het spel staan de spelregels. Het is op de markt gebracht door de uitgever Erve Wijsmuller uit Amsterdam en gedrukt door Charles Ga
2 December 1856
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Panorama of Lisbon, Portugal, 1856. No. 9 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Fold-out panoramic drawing on four joined sheets. The two on the left and the one on the far right are fold-outs from the fourth, which is stuck down on the al
3 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the forecastle for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the plan is titled 'Bellerophon', reflecting the fact that 'Wa
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with platforms for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for a receiving ship at Portsmouth Dockyard. Note that the plan is titled Bellerophon, reflecting t
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with some outboard detail for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the plan is titled 'Bellerophon', re
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck (upper deck) for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the plan is titled 'Bellerophon', reflecting the fact t
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the weather deck (original quarterdeck, covered waist, and original forecastle deck) for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the pla
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
The yacht Capricorn launching, RMSS Solent preparing to launch, HMS Melville in dock, 1856. Signed by artist and dated.
17 Dec 1856
National Maritime Museum
'Fishing boats off the Rock of Lisbon, Decr 24th 1856' [Portugal]. No. 11 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. It shows 'beancods', the English name
24 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
A panoramic view of Alicante with a carved cart and two boats drawn up with inset of vessels at anchor. Cooke made numerous trips throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1860, in company with Robert Bateman, he undertook a journey around Spain towards Tang
December 1860
National Maritime Museum
Voucher for Fireproof Roofing on Post Office in the New Orleans Custom House, 12/1860 (Front)
Taken some time in Dec 1860
The U.S. National Archives
Voucher for Fireproof Roofing on Post Office in the New Orleans Custom House, 12/1860 (Reverse)
Taken some time in Dec 1860
The U.S. National Archives